The recruitment season has begun, and this article is dedicated to the newcomers. Me, does novice mean awesome? Honey, you think too much. A rookie is a rookie like you who has just entered the American workplace. Let's take a look together ~

I. Format

Let's not delve into the content. The first thing is to arrange the format in advance and make a good first impression. You can take out your resumes and compare them with my list to see if they have all been done.

1. Page

Resume should be one page and two pages?

One page.

One page.

One page.

Say the important things three times.

Not a two-page resume. Who uses a two-page resume in America? Work experience 10- 15 years or more. If you really can't write one page of work experience, you can use two pages. So the two pages of resumes I usually see are almost all at the executive level. Let's weigh ourselves, shall we

However, the life experience at home is very rich, and it has been written for two pages. What should I do?

First, only the experience with the highest gold content or the most relevant major is left. The principle of resume is not the more the better, but the lack. The second is to streamline the main points. Each point should not be too long. It is best to occupy only one line. If it really doesn't work, don't exceed two lines. HR has so many resumes to read. Who has the patience to read too long sentences?

These two tricks have been tried, and you can also reduce the font, change it to single line spacing and narrow the margin. But don't sacrifice all the blank lines between sections in order to shrink into one page. Our resume structure should be clear, otherwise the whole text will be like a paper, and HR will pass it directly.

name

I-you don't have to tell me your name, do you? How can this go wrong?

Yes, dear ... if you use an English name, you must remember that the name you use on your resume should be the same as your Linkedin name. If you use English names on your resume, Linkedin is still the pinyin of Chinese names (even many students write their names in Chinese on Linkedin! ! ! Nothing! Force! Tucao! Slot! ), HR can't find you, and people's impression of you may be greatly reduced: Why don't you even have Linkedin when you are looking for a job? We can't eat this dumb loss. If you often use English names, you can write Xiao Ming (Peter) Li on your resume like this. The name doesn't need to match the passport, and no one will look it up.

3. Address and contact information

The school mailbox is the best. If your school email is not easy to use, you can use a personal email, but remember that the email name must not be too picky ... such as littlebunny@gmail.com, forget it ... It's best to register your email with your own name, such as ross.geller@gmail.com.

In addition, HR will also use the address to judge whether you are a local candidate. Generally speaking, companies tend to recruit local students. First, the recruitment cost is lower, and there is no need to fly over for an interview. Second, once you join the company, you will lose a relocation fee. So if you want to find a job in another city, you can consider changing your local address, at least not because you are not a local candidate.

4. How many parts should a resume be divided into?

I suggest at least three parts: education, experience and additional, and the title of each part should be capitalized. Yes, students may have received suggestions to put experience above education, and this order also applies to resumes of people who have worked. As long as you are a student (even an MBA with work experience), you should put your education first.

Some students asked whether to implement a summary or be objective or something. This question involves a very important principle of writing a resume. I will elaborate on it in the next intermediate guide, and sell it first.

5. font? Font size? Margin?

This is not the time to show your unique visual design taste. The most common fonts are the safest, such as Calibri, CG Times, Times New Roman, Arial or Courier. Except the top name and section name, the font size of the whole resume should be uniform, not less than 10 pt. Originally, it was boring to screen resumes, and HR of small families was even more lazy to read them. The margin should not be less than 1/2 inches.

6. Abbreviations and punctuation marks

Don't blame me for talking nonsense. Although these details are often overlooked, they reflect whether you are interested in this resume. You should know that although no one is perfect, your resume should be 100% error-free. Imagine that you spent a lot of time perfecting your hair and makeup before going on a blind date, but you didn't find the leaves embedded in your teeth and smiling at people. Is it a failure? So don't ignore these details!

Abbreviations: In your resume, if abbreviations are used, such as Sep 20 16, all months should be abbreviated with three letters; if Sep 20 16 is used, all months should be abbreviated with full names. The same rule applies to state names, Illinois versus Illinois.

End of sentence: Each bullet has a period or no period. It doesn't matter what you do, just be consistent.

7. Do I need to submit photos when applying?

Even if you have the face value of Song Joong Ki, please don't put photos. I know that many companies in China will ask for additional photos, but this is a no-no in the United States, because once a candidate is rejected, he can sue the company for appearance discrimination. How dare the company find something like this for itself?

So, if you really have the face value of Song Joong Ki, please send me the photos and leave your contact information. Just sauce purple.

Second, the basic content

After the format, let's talk about the basic content.

1. Education

Necessary information such as school, college, major, project and graduation time must be available. I recommend the following format:

Me, these courses you listed, should I put all the school projects in?

Say a word that makes people roll their eyes: it depends.

In other words, if the requirements mentioned in the job description are related to these courses or projects, you should write them down. The purpose of playing is to let HR scan the customs you want ta to see when scanning with the naked eye! Keys! Words!

For example, the position you are applying for has strong technical requirements, so you can add a bulletpoint of related courses and write down the most relevant courses; If the position emphasizes comprehensive ability (such as management training programs), you can put the excellent club/competition experience you participated in during your school years under your academic qualifications; If the position wants to recruit relevant experience, but you don't have internship experience, you can use the relevant projects or assignments you have done in class as a bullet point to make up for the lack of relevant internship experience.

In short, this prime file should put in the most relevant experience you have done in school. Especially those students who are not top schools, since the reputation of the school can't be added, it has to be made up by personal prominence. Don't waste the opportunity of education to turn over.

I am, I am a smashed scum, and my GPA is not even 3.5. Still want to go public?

If the GPA does not reach 3.5, unless people insist that the GPA must be published, we will not list it ... Although the GPA is not high, it does not mean that you are unqualified, but it is still easy to ask questions if you are on the list. It's like it's not our fault to be plump, just wear dark and loose casual clothes, but it's your fault to wear a tight white striped dress to scare people.

Of course, I have also seen some schoolmasters mark the GPA to four digits after the decimal point for fear that others will not see their good grades, such as 3.8 125/4, for fear that they will only lose 3.8. In fact, as long as it is above 3.5, it is good enough. People won't give you priority just because your credit score is 0. 1 higher than that of another person. Depending on the comprehensive level of other aspects, there is no need to be overly melodramatic in this respect.

2. Experience

This part is used for your internship, campus work and volunteer work experience related to your major. I recommend this template:

I will introduce how to write the main points of the experience as "influence" in a high-level article. Here I have an immature suggestion (trespassing): If the company under experience is a China company, I suggest you add a brief introduction to the company name. Because most Americans know nothing about companies in China, even a household name like Industrial and Commercial Bank of China may be completely blind. Introduce what this company does in one sentence, and let them know about your experience in China. Similarly, if your internship company is a small American company, you can also use this sentence to let others know quickly what this company does.

Step 3: Extra

This section is used to place all other information except school and professional related work experience. This section is flexible. You can list your leadership experience, community participation (such as members of student clubs, professional organizations or volunteer activities), language skills, computer and statistical skills, interesting facts and so on. What to put and what format to use should be adjusted according to the position you are applying for.

For example, if you apply for a management trainee program that emphasizes comprehensive ability, I suggest that you make leadership and activities a separate section, write one or two leadership experiences that you talk about the most, and then put skills and certification in a separate section. Like this:

If the application is technical, you can put everything together so concisely, without deliberately highlighting leadership, and make more room for the more professional and related parts above. Like this:

Everyone has noticed that the same two leadership experiences can be developed or adopted through these two main points. How you perform depends on how much you value the leadership experience of the position you are applying for.

Finally, have you noticed that the last point is very striking? It is strongly recommended that you list your most unique and interesting experiences in this section. This experience may have nothing to do with the major, but it must be 1) personal accommodation and 2) unique and unforgettable. For example, when I was in college, I joined the university mountaineering team and went to Tibet to climb the snow-capped mountains at an altitude of 6000 meters. Today, this experience is still listed in my resume. Why? Because this is a particularly unique experience and a particularly good chat topic, the most important thing is that in a lot of identical resumes, people can remember you at once: the woman who climbed the snow mountain!

Of course, the experience you choose doesn't have to be as extreme as climbing a snowy mountain. For example, if you passed the piano exam, practiced dancing, won a term in the Olympic Games, won an award in a calligraphy competition, published your photographic works, rode across more than N provinces, participated in a marathon, challenged triathlon, wrote a novel, started a business, and even won a national ranking by playing computer games, you can list any unique and interesting achievements to make people remember you. Of course, if you really don't have such an experience, don't add up the overly personal experience of "eating five Big Macs in half an hour". Although people can certainly remember you, you still don't want people to remember you as a wonderful flower, do you?

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